Stories for the Home Circle (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Stories for the Home Circle<br/><br/>The body was found on the spot and in the position described by the peasant. It was the corpse of a very handsome young man; part of the clothing, viz. The coat and waistcoat, had been taken ofi', and beneath the shirt there was found a piece of cloth of a bright red color, apparently the fragment of a shawl. The piece of cloth was laid in several folds over the region of the heart. It was fastened by a band of fine lawn or cambric which was rolled round the body, and the whole was firmly fixed by a mass of congealed blood. On the careful removal of these bandages, there was discovered a deep wound, which had divided the carotid artery. The deceased wore light colored pantaloons, boots with spurs, and on one of his fingers was a massive gold signet-ring. The ground round the spot where the body lay exhibited no trace of any struggle but the prints of footsteps, partially obliterated, were perceptible. These marks were traced to a neighbor ing wood, and in the direction of an eminence which towered above the trees, and whose summit was crowned by the ruins of the old castle of Ottenberg - a place which the neighboring country people believed was haunted.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.